Health of quilombola children as a challenge for the Sustainable Development Goals: a scoping review.
Emanuella Pereira de Lacerda, Sara Fiterman Lima, Bruno Luciano Carneiro Alves de Oliveira
PMID 39813439WHAT IT FOUND
Evidence on quilombola children's health clustered around nutrition, with high food insecurity, anemia, and barriers to primary care.
Across 18 studies, poverty, sanitation, and access were linked to child health.
Key findings
01The mapped evidence centered on nutrition: nine of 18 included studies addressed nutritional aspects of quilombola children.
02Food insecurity was widespread: 85.1% of families in 14 quilombola communities in Tocantins were food insecure.
03Anemia remained serious: prevalence fell between 2008 and 2018, but stayed above 40% in younger age groups.
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What it does not show
Few international publications were available, so the review may not capture all relevant work. Most national studies did not focus specifically on this age group, so findings may not apply narrowly to quilombola children. The review mapped existing studies and did not test an intervention, so it cannot show what treatment works. Included studies used different designs, populations, and outcomes, so direct comparison was limited.
Declared interests
The paper is listed as receiving non-U.S. government research support; no author conflicts of interest are stated in the supplied text.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the high prevalence of food insecurity, anemia, and mortality as proof that a specific service or nursing action caused or reduced these problems. This scoping review mapped 18 studies and did not test an intervention.